需要
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 3
需要 (xūyào) · to need
需要 (xūyào) means “to need; need”. It is written with 2 characters: 需 (to need) + 要 (to want). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 需要 is built
The characters
需 xū · to need
What 需 is made of
- 雨yǔ — rain
- 帀zā — to rotate
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 帀zā — to rotate
- 而ér — and
Origin hint: Rain 雨 needed for crops to grow (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
要 yào · to want
What 要 is made of
- 覀xī — west
- 女nǚ — woman
Origin hint: A woman 女 with hands on her waist 覀 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我需要你的帮助。Wǒ xūyào nǐ de bāngzhù.I need your help.
你需要多少钱？Nǐ xūyào duōshǎo qián?How much money do you need?
Questions about 需要
What does 需要 mean?
需要 (xūyào) means “to need; need”.
How do you pronounce 需要?
需要 is pronounced xūyào.
Which HSK level is 需要?
需要 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 需求xūqiúneed
- 重要zhòngyàoimportant
- 不要bùyàodon't
- 就要jiùyàoto be about to
- 快要kuàiyàoto be about to
- 要求yāoqiúto ask
- 只要zhǐyàoas long as
- 主要zhǔyàomain
- 必要bìyàonecessary
- 要是yàoshiif
Learn 需要 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 32: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.